Neck-yoke



Patented May 31, 1892.

G. -H. YOUNG. NEGK YOKE UNITED Status ATENT 7 FFICE,

lEORGE I-I. YOUNG, OF DAVENPORT, IOVVA.

N EC K-YOKE.

SPECIFIOATION formng part of Letters Patent No. &75,841, clated May 31,1892.

Application filed February 17, 1892'. Serial No. &21,838. (No model.)

To aZZ whom in' may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott, State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvenents in Neck-Yoke Attachments,of which the following is a specification, refe ence being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inneek-yoke attachments for vehicles; and it has for its object, amongothers to provide a simple yet cheap and eificent attachment which shallform a center for a neck-yoke that shall he perfectly safe at all timesand which shall also perform the double function of keeping the yokeattacled to the pole even though the team should become detaohed at thewhiffletree. I form a hall-and-socket joint connected with a partsleeved on the pole, a set-screw or other analogous means being providedas a safety means to prevent separation of the ball-andsocket joint, andalso serving as a tension device when firmly set against the pole,thereby preventing rattling of the parts.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features tlereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon,form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough ny improved attachment in position with the pole shown in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line z z of Fig. 1,looking in the direction of the arrow, with a portion broken away. Fig.3 isa perspective view, on a smaller seale,ot' the parts constituting myinvention separated.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thepole, provided with the usual holdback-lug 60,013 known construetion, asseen in Fig. l, cast ou the poletip A', also of any preferredconstruction. These parts are not of my inveution.

B is the yoke.

C is a clasp embracing the yoke, as seen best in Fig. 1, being formed intwo parts, as shown best in Fig. 3, each part having a concaveddepending portion c, with apertured lugs c', through which pass themeans which secure the parts together, as seen in Fig. 2. Thesedepending portions are adapted to embrace and hold the ball D of aball-and-soeket joint, hercinafter to be described. The ball D is castwith or rigidly Secured to a cross-T E, which is provided with a hingedring F, which encircles the pole-tip, as seen in Fig. 1, and is designedto engage the holdback-lug a, as will be understood from Fig. 1. At theother end of the cross-T E is a ring G, which is formed of two parts,one hinged to the other, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and which is designedto cmbrace loosely the pole-tip, as seen in Figs. l and 2. The upperpart of this ring is provided with side lugs b, between which isdesigned to lie the spring-arm H, which is secured at one end to onepart of the ring and its free end turned outward, as seen in Fig. 2, toserve as a handle, by which it may be manipulated, and designed toengage a lug 0 On the other part of the ring when the two parts areclosed, as seen in Fig. 2.

I is a set-screw eXtendin g vertieally through the overlapped portionsot' the clasp C and through the yoke B and ball D and resting on the topof the pole-tip, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. Theset-screw nay sometimes be omitted without materially efiecting thesuccessful operation of the other elements.

What I claim as new is- 1. A Beck-yoke attachment conprising across-T,with hin ged ring and spring-held ring IOO With the poleandholdingthe said parts against sepa'ation, as set forth.

3. The combination, withthe pole and yoke, of the cross-T having ring atone end and a twopart ring ;tt the other, With spring to hold it closed,the ball on said cross-T, the two-part clasp to enbmce the yoke andball, and the set-screw passed through the yoke, ball, and

cross-T and adjustably held against the pole, substantially asspecified. IO In testmony whereof I affix my signature in u presence oftwo witnesses.

GEORGE H. YOUNG. VVtnesses:

D. T. YOUNG, PAUL LEDOROOYER.

